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A January 10, 1880 report of the alleged shooting and killing of local mechanic Thomas Faulkner at Crittenden's Crossroads (now Elgin Crossroads) in…
A January 24, 1880 Florence Gazette report of the theft on Saturday night, January 18, of $95, $6 in silver, a pair of pants, a shawl, bridle and…
A November 11, 1880 North Alabamian notice of the shooting of Pugh Reynolds by his unnamed uncle, as well as the unrelated shooting of black resident…
Three brief November and December, 1880 newspaper notices reporting the murder of African-American Waterloo, Alabama resident Fountain "Fount" Turpin…
A November 27, 1880 newspaper article noting that "on last Wednesday" a black man named Mark Williams took a shot at a young man named Newton (which…
Two reports of the November, 1880 fatal shooting of black resident Henry Austin by fellow black resident Willis Williams on the Dr. Neal Rowell place,…
A series of Florence newspaper articles reporting the December 1889 killing by white resident of Oakland Robert "Bob" Vaughn by African-American Cad…
Three Florence Herald articles from February and March, 1890 reporting on the escape, capture and extradition back to Florence from Memphis of…
An August 13, 1890 Florence Herald report of a garnishment suit involving African-Americans Abe Reynolds vs. Dave Wooten to recover wages from JP…
A Thursday, August 28, 1890 Florence Banner report that African-American resident Francis Utman was escorted to the Bryce Insane Asylum at Tuscaloosa…
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"Shot and Killed."
"Catch the Thief!"
Shooting of Lauderdale County black resident Pugh Reynolds
Waterloo Resident Fount Turpin Killed by an Unknown Party
A Drunken Mark Williams Shoots at a Young Man Named Newton
The Fatal Shooting of Henry Austin by Willis Williams
The Killing of Robert "Bob" Vaughn by Cad Brown at Oakland and Brown's Subsequent Trial and Sentencing
The Capture, Arrest, Trial and Sentencing of Matt Jenkins for Grand Larceny in 1890
"Justice's Court."
Francis Utman Escorted to the Bryce Insane Asylum at Tuscaloosa, Alabama by Lauderdale County Deputy Sheriff Joe Hines